15.6" screen provides good tradeoff between desktop replacement and portability

Economy display with resolution of 1366 x 768; screen space sufficient for most purposes but less than ideal for graphics design, gaming, programming etc

Built in CD/DVD drive; allows watching movies and software installation from CD/DVD

Integrated webcam for video chatting

Processing power may not be sufficient for computation intensive tasks such as simultaneous editing of large number of photos and videos, virtualization software(parallels), file and harddrive encryption, etc

Mouse pad may be a little bit to big.. I keep touching it while resting my hand on the keys....Laptop arrived in brand new, un-used condition. Very little bloatware pre-installed. Keyboard is very e...

The AMD A-Series (AMD Fusion) are a type of chip that merges the CPU with a high-performance GPU (graphics processing unit) resulting in a versatile system that is very power efficient. The A6 and A8 are more suited for all-around use w/advanced graphics applications (such as gaming or 3D modeling).